Sirach 31:40
Douay-Rheims Bible
The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
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The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.

Sirach 31:38
Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels, and wrath, and many ruins.

Sirach 31:39
Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul.

Sirach 31:41
Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.

Sirach 31:42
Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.

Context
Sirach 31
39Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul. 40The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds. 41Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:38
Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels, and wrath, and many ruins.

Sirach 31:39
Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul.

Sirach 31:41
Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.

Sirach 31:42
Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:39
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